Contents

Overview

This article defines the Contact Application, an extensible application designed for the OpenMoko platform. The Contacts Application is the central location to store all address related information.

Use Cases

I want to add a few contacts which I have on paper

I want to add a few contacts from my PC

I want to call an existing contact

I want to correct the address of an existing contact

I want to send an existing contact via a Bluetooth connection to a nearby device (Neo or other) via a standard protocol

I want to display and manage contacts from my SIM card

Core Functionality

(Bold = In progress or incomplete)

View list of contacts

Search for contact on fullname

Filter contact list by groups

Launch Dial contact

Launch Message contact

Create contact

Delete contact

Edit Fullname

Edit Organisation

Add telephone number

Delete e-mail address

Edit telephone number

Change telephone group (e.g. work/mobile/home)

Add e-mail address

Delete e-mail address

Edit e-mail address

Change e-mail address group

View contact communication history

View contact groups

Remove contact from a group

Add contact to a group

Add new groups

Extra Functionality

to be added sometime in the future

Edit Ringtone

Send contact over Bluetooth or text message

Layout

Navigation

The Navigation pane allows the user to locate existing contacts, either by filtering on a particular group of contacts, or by a text search on the contact name. The Navigation pane also allows quick access to common functions such as dial, SMS and new. The dial and SMS functions would use the preferred number of the contact unless otherwise specified.

Details

The Details pane display the attributes of the selected contact. It has two modes: View and Edit. In view mode, tapping the attributes gives a list of possible actions. For example, tapping a phone number will display a menu with "Dial" and "Message" options.

In Edit mode, tapping the attributes allows the user to edit or remove the attribute. An extra row is also available to allow the user to add a new attribute.

History

This pane shows a list of the communication history with the currently selected contact.

Groups

This pane allows the user to manage the groups the contact is associated with. It also allows for adding and removing groups.

Views

Personal tools

This is the second revision of the design for the Contacts application.

Overview

This article defines the Contact Application, an extensible application designed for the OpenMoko platform. The Contacts Application is the central location to store all address related information.

Use Cases

I want to add a few contacts which I have on paper

I want to add a few contacts from my PC

I want to call an existing contact

I want to correct the address of an existing contact

I want to send an existing contact via a Bluetooth connection to a nearby device (Neo or other) via a standard protocol

I want to display and manage contacts from my SIM card

Core Functionality

(Bold = In progress or incomplete)

View list of contacts

Search for contact on fullname

Filter contact list by groups

Launch Dial contact

Launch Message contact

Create contact

Delete contact

Edit Fullname

Edit Organisation

Add telephone number

Delete e-mail address

Edit telephone number

Change telephone group (e.g. work/mobile/home)

Add e-mail address

Delete e-mail address

Edit e-mail address

Change e-mail address group

View contact communication history

View contact groups

Remove contact from a group

Add contact to a group

Add new groups

Extra Functionality

to be added sometime in the future

Edit Ringtone

Send contact over Bluetooth or text message

Layout

Navigation

The Navigation pane allows the user to locate existing contacts, either by filtering on a particular group of contacts, or by a text search on the contact name. The Navigation pane also allows quick access to common functions such as dial, SMS and new. The dial and SMS functions would use the preferred number of the contact unless otherwise specified.

Details

The Details pane display the attributes of the selected contact. It has two modes: View and Edit. In view mode, tapping the attributes gives a list of possible actions. For example, tapping a phone number will display a menu with "Dial" and "Message" options.

In Edit mode, tapping the attributes allows the user to edit or remove the attribute. An extra row is also available to allow the user to add a new attribute.

History

This pane shows a list of the communication history with the currently selected contact.

Groups

This pane allows the user to manage the groups the contact is associated with. It also allows for adding and removing groups.